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Parent document: School Board Regular Business Meeting-01-28-2025.pdf

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Book Policy Manual
Section Section: 2000 - Instruction
Title Copy of Equivalency Credit Opportunities
Code 2413
Status
Adopted October 23, 2007
Last Revised March 9, 2021
Prior Revised Dates 06.24.14; 01.09.18;

Experiential Education Opportunities

The district may grant credit, including high school graduation credit, for school planned or approved learning
experiences which may be conducted away from the facilities owned, operated, or supervised by the district or
conducted primarily by individuals not employed by the district. To grant credit for such experiences, a proposal
for approval of credit must be submitted to the district s designated team.

The proposal shall include the following elements:
a. Name of program or planned learning experience;
b. Length of time for which approval is desired;
c. Objectives of the program or planned learning experience;

d. Which one or more of the current K-12 learning standard goals and related essential academic learning
requirements are met by the program or planned learning experience;

e. Description of how credits shall be determined (completion of a district-defined course or satisfactory
demonstration of proficiency/mastery in the related current K-12 learning standards in accord with WAC
180-51-050(1)) and WAC 180-51-051;

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. Content outline of the program and/or major learning activities and instructional materials to be used;
g. Description of how student performance will be assessed;

h. Qualifications of instructional personnel;

. Plans for evaluation of program; and

j. How and by whom the student will be supervised.
Approved experiences may include, but are not limited to, the following: School planned or approved learning
experiences such as travel study, work study, private lessons, and education programs sponsored by

governmental agencies.

Career and Technical Education Courses Provided by the District


On or after September 1, 2021, any statewide equivalency course offered by the district or accessed at a skill
center will be offered for academic credit.

The district may also adopt local course equivalencies for career and technical education courses that are not on
the list of courses approved by the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.700.070.

Each high school will adopt core academic course equivalencies for high school career and technical courses,
provided that the career and technical course has been reviewed and approved for equivalency credit by a district
team appointed by the superintendent or a designee.

The district team will include a school administrator, the career and technical administrator, an instructor from the
core academic subject area, an instructor from the appropriate career and technical course, a school counselor,
and a representative from the curriculum department.

Career and technical courses approved for equivalency will be:

1. Aligned with the current state'-s essential academic learning requirements and grade level expectations;
and

2. Aligned with current K-12 learning standards, as evidenced in the curriculum frameworks. The local career
and technical advisory committee will certify that courses meet industry standards.

3. Recorded on the Sudan's transcripts as the academic course the equivalence credit fulfills or assigns

Computer Science Courses

AP courses

The board will approve Advanced Placement (AP) computer science courses as equivalent to high school
mathematics or science. The superintendent or designee will adopt procedures to denote on the student's
transcript that AP computer science qualifies as a math-based quantitative course for students who complete it in
their senior year.

Mastery-based credits

Students may obtain 1.0 computer science credit for obtaining a score of 3 or higher on an Advanced Placement
(AP) computer science exam through College Board that is aligned to current K-12 learning standards for
computer science or mathematics and course equivalency requirements adopted by the Office of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Students do not need to have attempted and failed a course before
being eligible for these computer science exam options:

"AP Computer Science A Exam

"AP Computer Science Principles Exam

To receive mastery-based credits for computer science, a student must take an Advanced Placement (AP)
computer science exam through College Board that OSPI has found aligns with the current K-12 learning
standards for computer science or mathematics and that aligns with course equivalency requirements adopted by
OSPI. The number of credits awarded will be based on the student s performance on the mastery/competency
examination.

The Advanced Placement (AP) computer science exam through College Board must be offered in a proctored
setting with appropriate technology. The district will approve the site(s) where the examination is offered, which
could include individual schools, district buildings, community colleges, universities, education service districts, or
other community settings. A student may take the examination multiple times. The district will award credit
based on the highest examination score.

The student will be responsible for the cost of taking an AP computer science examination. The district will offer
financial assistance to students who demonstrate need, such as qualifying for free or reduced lunch.


The district will receive official test results for each student who takes an AP computer science examination. The
district will provide a letter to the student with a copy of the test results and an indication of how many credits
the student will be awarded. Credits awarded will be recorded on the student s transcript with a grade of Pass.

In awarding academic credit for computer science, the district will follow the course equivalency approval
procedure described above for career and technical courses.

To ensure cultural responsiveness and equity in awarding mastery-based credit, the district will collect and
annually review disaggregated data to see which subgroups of students are receiving mastery-based credit. If
disproportionality is found, the district will take appropriate actions to ensure equitable access to these crediting
opportunities.

Courses taken before attending high school
The district will award high school credit for computer science courses taken before attending high school if either
of following occurs:

1. The course was taken with high school students, if the academic level of the course exceeds the
requirements for seventh and eighth grade classes, and the student has successfully passed by completing
the same course requirements and examinations as the high school students enrolled in the class; or

2. The academic level of the course exceeds the requirements for seventh and eighth grade classes and the
course would qualify for high school credit, because the course is similar or equivalent to a course offered
at a high school in the district determined by the board.

Students who have taken and successfully completed high school courses under the circumstances above shall
not be required to take an additional competency examination or perform any other additional assignment to
receive credit.

Legal References:

RCW 28A.230.010 Course content requirements Access to career and technical course equivalencies Duties of
school boards of directors Waivers

RCW 28A.230.097 Career and technical high school course equivalencies.

RCW 28A.230.120 High School Diplomas Issuance- Option to receive final transcripts Notice

WAC 180-51 High school graduation requirements

WAC 392-410 Courses of study and equivalencies

Cross References:

2170 - Career and Technical Education

2410 - High School Graduation Requirements

2401 - Financial Education Mastery-Based Learning and Credit

Management Resources:

2023- December Policy Issue

2019 - July Policy Issue

2018 - May Policy Issue

2013 - September Issue

Policy News, August 2006 Legislature Codifies Course Equivalency for Career and Technical Courses

Classification: Essential